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Change, Rebellion, Or Else? Wikimedia Movement Governance, Dariusz Jemielniak
Change, Rebellion, Or Else? Wikimedia Movement Governance, Dariusz Jemielniak
Dariusz Jemielniak
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the unique governance model of the Wikimedia movement, so far not covered by the literature on organization and management studies, as well as the current dynamic changes occurring to it, and to analyze the open collaboration management system, for the benefit of the general management field. Design/methodology/approach: The research design relies on netnographic, long-term, participative study of Wikipedia community at large. Methods used rely mainly on discourse analysis and interviews. The study benefits from the unique participant immersion of the researcher (who spent 6 years going native in the studied community, …